Team BMR

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team BMR
Founded2013
Team principal(s) Warren Scott
Former series British Superbike Championship
British Touring Car Championship
Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom
Ginetta Junior Championship
Noted drivers Senna Proctor
Ashley Sutton
Teams'
Championships		 2015
Drivers'
Championships		 2017
Ashley Sutton
Website http://www.teambmr.co.uk

Team BMR was a British motor racing team based in Buntingford, Hertfordshire and founded by Warren Scott. The team raced in the British Touring Car Championship between 2013 and 2019 after previously entering the 2004 British Superbike Championship season as BMR Racing. During the winter of 2013, Scott purchased Tony Gilham Racing's assets, including their four NGTC race cars.

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British Superbike Championship

The team's roots can be traced back to team owner Warren Scott's superbike racing days. Scott entered the 2004 British Superbike Championship season in the Privateers Cup class, riding a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R superbike, under the team name BMR Racing, along with teammate Chris Platt who entered two events as a replacement rider. [1]

British Touring Car Championship

SEAT Leon and Volkswagen CC (2013)

Team BMR entered the BTCC in 2013, running a Super 2000 SEAT León for team owner Warren Scott in the Jack Sears Trophy class. [2] His best result with the León was a 15th place, scoring the team's only point of the season.

When the second half of the season began at Snetterton, after the summer break, the team switched to an NGTC Volkswagen CC built by and run with the support of Tony Gilham Racing, as preparation for a full NGTC campaign in 2014. [3]

Volkwagen CC and Vauxhall Insignia (2014)

Before the start of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season, Tony Gilham Racing merged into Team BMR, allowing the team to acquire a pair of Volkswagen CCs and a pair of Vauxhall Insignias, originally built by Thorney Motorsport. [4] Jack Goff was confirmed as their first driver, racing under the RCIB Insurance Racing banner in the first Insignia, with Warren Scott driving the second. [5] 1997 and 2000 champion Alain Menu returned to the series with the team, driving one of the team's Volkswagens alongside former Motorbase driver Árón Smith. [6] Smith became the team's stand out driver in 2014, scoring the team's maiden win during the fourth round at Oulton Park and following this up with a second win at Snetterton. He also managed to score two fastest laps at Croft and Rockingham. On his return to the championship, Menu managed to score two podiums in the latter half of the season at Rockingham and Silverstone, whilst Goff and Scott struggled during the first half of the season in the older, less developed Insignias. This led to the team building another pair of Volkswagen CCs for Goff and Scott to race after the season's halfway point at Snetterton. [7] The team's success continued to grow during the rest of the season; the team made BTCC history in race 3 at Silverstone, by becoming the first team to achieve a top ten finish with four cars in the same race.

Volkwagen CC (2015)

Prior to the start of the 2015 British Touring Car Championship season, the team announced that they would enter the season with the four Volkswagen CCs the team used towards the end of the 2014 campaign. Both Warren Scott [8] and Árón Smith [9] remained with the team, with double champions Jason Plato and Colin Turkington joining them from MG and West Surrey Racing respectively. [10]

Subaru Levorg (2016–2019)

James Cole - 2017 BTCC Knockhill (Sunday, R1 grid).jpg
Josh Price - 2017 BTCC Knockhill (Sunday, R2 grid).jpg
Jason Plato - 2017 BTCC Knockhill (Sunday, R2 grid).jpg
Ashley Sutton - 2017 BTCC Knockhill (Saturday, FP2).jpg
The team's drivers, at the Knockhill round of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship. Clockwise from top left: James Cole, Josh Price, Ashley Sutton and Jason Plato.

Ahead of the 2016 BTCC season, BMR and Subaru UK announced they were entering as a constructor team with the Subaru Levorg Sports Tourer. [11] The collaboration is for a three-year term with a 4 driver line-up, including drivers Jason Plato and Colin Turkington.

Renault UK Clio Cup

For 2015, Team BMR announced that they would field four Clio Renaultsport 200 Turbo EDCs in the Renault UK Clio Cup, a feeder and support series to the British Touring Car Championship. [12]

Results

British Touring Car Championship

YearTeam NameCarDriversRacesPolesWinsF.L.I.W.PointsPos.I.C.T.C.
2013 Team BMR Restart Seat Leon (Rounds 1–5)
Volkswagen CC (Rounds 6–10)		 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Warren Scott 230000132nd21st17th
2014 Chrome Edition Restart Racing Volkswagen CC [lower-alpha 1] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alain Menu 29000017611th7th4th
Flag of Ireland.svg Árón Smith 3002222019th5th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Goff 30001011915th10th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Warren Scott 2700001921st19th
2015 Team BMR RCIB Insurance Volkswagen CC Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jason Plato 3016593442nd2nd1st
Flag of Ireland.svg Árón Smith 28100320911th4th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin Turkington 3024273104th1st
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Warren Scott 2400002322nd14th
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alain Menu 30000131st26th
2016 Silverline Subaru BMR Racing Subaru Levorg GT Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jason Plato 27111-2567th-4th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin Turkington 27353-2894th-
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Cole 25001-1525th-
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Warren Scott 25000-727th-
2017 Adrian Flux Subaru Racing Subaru Levorg GT Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jason Plato 29111-14612th-3rd
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ashley Sutton 30164-3721st-
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Cole 30010-7916th-
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Josh Price 30001-931st-
2018 Adrian Flux Subaru Racing Subaru Levorg GT Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jason Plato 30000-2627th-10th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ashley Sutton 30063-2564th-
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Josh Price 15000-035th-
2019 Adrian Flux Subaru Racing Subaru Levorg GT Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Senna Proctor 30000-4920th-8th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ashley Sutton 30111-2338th-

Notes

  1. ↑ Goff and Scott drove a Vauxhall Insignia for the first 5 rounds before switching to the Volkswagen CC.

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